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General Awareness Previous Year Questions (page 6)
379 General Awareness questions asked in RRB JE previous year papers, each with the correct answer and explanation. Read them free on UTpaper, or attempt the full papers as timed online tests.
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What is the origin of the material that makes up the Bhabar belt?
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Correct answer: (A) Debris washed down from high ranges
The Alapana in Carnatic music is equivalent to which part in Hindustani music?
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Correct answer: (C) Alap
What happens to insoluble impurities during electrolytic refining?
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Correct answer: (C) They settle as anode mud
Six friends, O, P, Q, G, H and I, live on six different floors of the same building. The
lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2 and so
on, till the topmost floor, which is numbered 6.
Only two people live between O and H. O lives above P. Only two people live between Q
and P. Only one person lives between G and P. G lives on floor numbered 1.
How many people live above I?
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Correct answer: (C) Two
Which of the following islands is the southernmost point of India?
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Correct answer: (C) Indira Point
A micelle has its hydrophobic ends directed:
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Correct answer: (D) Towards the center away from water
Open Market Operations (OMOs) are conducted by RBI to control ____________.
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Correct answer: (A) Money supply
Which of the following best supports the concept that matter is made-up of particles?
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Correct answer: (A) A drop of ink spreads uniformly in water
According to a circular issued by the Union Shipping Ministry in April 2025, what is the
recalculated length of India’s coastline using the new methodology of calculation?
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Correct answer: (B) 11098.81 km
Which of the following statements is/are correct about a non-Constitutional body,
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(1) RBI performs several crucial functions like regulating and supervising the banking
system, managing the currency and credit system and managing foreign exchange
reserves.
(2) RBI was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
(3) The Central Office of the RBI was initially established in Kolkata but was
permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937
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Correct answer: (D) (1), (2) and (3)
Libia Lobo Sardesai, who was honoured with the Padma Shri In January 2025, is known
for her contribution to which of the following causes?
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Correct answer: (C) Goa’s liberation struggle
Which form of nationalist protest emerged in response to the Partition of Bengal in 1905
that integrated economic, social, and political action?
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Correct answer: (C) Boycotting British goods and promoting indigenous industries
Which of the following does NOT define the motion of a pendulum swinging back and
forth?
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Correct answer: (C) The pendulum exhibits uniform motion
Select the triad which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given
below. Both triads follow the same pattern.
IL - GJ - DF
NQ - LO - IK
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Correct answer: (D) PS - NQ - KM
Which Indian actor has been officially named as 'Fit India Icon' by Union Sports Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya in March 2025?
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Correct answer: (B) Ayushmann Khurrana
Three persons, A, B and C, took part in a 2000 m race. To reach the finish line at the
same time, A can give to B a start of 500 m and to C a start of 300 m. How many metres
of start can C give to B in a 3400 m race?
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Correct answer: (C) 400
Which of the following will diffuse slowest in air?
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Correct answer: (D) Chlorine
Each of B, Q, C, N, X, U and M has an exam on a different day of a week, starting from
Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Only two people have exams before
Q. Only one person has the exam after N. B has the exam before U but after Q. X has the
exam immediately before C. M does not have the exam before U. How many people have
exams between U and X?
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Correct answer: (B) Three
C, H, A, N, G and E, each have a different age. C’s age is 21 years, and C is younger than
H and older than A. Four people have ages less than 21 years. Only one person is
younger than N. G is not the youngest. G is younger than A. Who is the youngest?
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Correct answer: (C) E
Match the tobacco practice with the long-term consequences of consuming it.
Column A
Column B
(a)
Cigarette smoking
(i)
Oral cancer
(b)
Chewing tobacco
(ii)
Emphysema
(c)
Passive smoking
(iii)
Respiratory infections
(d)
Long-term nicotine exposure
(iv)Cardiovascular disorders
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Correct answer: (A) a–ii, b–i, c–iv, d–iii
Which of the following irrigation methods leads to the least wastage of water?
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Correct answer: (C) Drip irrigation
Who was honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in April 2025 for his
contributions to education and nation-building?
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Correct answer: (A) Kumar Mangalam Birla
A low platelet count may lead to __________.
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Correct answer: (B) Excessive bleeding
Which of the following rivers originates from the Amarkantak Plateau?
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Correct answer: (A) Narmada
Which of the following provisions in the Indian Constitution deals with the duty of
the State to separate the judiciary from the executive?
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Correct answer: (B) Article 50
Which of the following days was observed on 21st May 2025?
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Correct answer: (C) National Anti-terrorism day
Seven boxes B, C, D, P, Q, R and S are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the
same order. Only three boxes are kept above B. Only one box is kept between P and B.
Only three boxes are kept between P and R. R is kept at some place above B. D is kept
immediately below R. Q is kept at one of the places above S. C is not kept immediately
above or below P. Which box is kept at the lowermost position?
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Correct answer: (B) S
What was the name of the headquarters of the Ghadar Party?
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Correct answer: (C) Yugantar Ashram
Which company developed India's first indigenous surgical robotic system that recently
performed two world-first robotic cardiac telesurgeries with an ultra-low latency of just
35–40 milliseconds?
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Correct answer: (C) SS Innovations
The Deccan Plateau is separated from the Chota Nagpur Plateau by which of the
following?
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Correct answer: (A) Vindhya Range
A young child is diagnosed with both myopia and hypermetropia in different eyes. What
is the most appropriate corrective approach?
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Correct answer: (B) Providing glasses with different lenses for each eye (concave for one, convex for the other)
Who has been elected as the President of Centre of Films for Children and Young
People (CIFEJ) for the 2025–2027 term?
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Correct answer: (C) Jitendra Mishra
Which of the following does NOT describe a property of ethanol (C₂H₅OH)?
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Correct answer: (D) It turns blue litmus paper red.
Which of the following statements about Parliamentary Committees is TRUE?
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Correct answer: (B) Standing Committees are reconstituted from time to time and are permanent.
Where is perinuclear space present?
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Correct answer: (D) Between two layers of the nuclear envelope
When was Namami Gange Programme launched to clean the Ganga river?
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Correct answer: (C) 2014
Magnesium ribbon burns with:
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Correct answer: (B) A bright white flame
A camp has provisions for 51 persons for 12 days. If the number of persons is
increased to 102, for how many days will the same provisions last?
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Correct answer: (D) 6
Why is it important to keep the level of vitamins A and K high in poultry feeds for
broilers?
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Correct answer: (B) To ensure proper nutrition for healthy growth and development
Each of A, B, C, M, N and O has scored different marks. Only two people have scored
between O and B. Only one person has scored more than M. Only three people have
scored between M and O. N has scored more than C but less than A.
How many people have scored less than C?
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Correct answer: (B) One
Standard deviation of 10, 12, 9, 8, 21 is (correct to two decimals):
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Correct answer: (D) 4.69
Which of the following statements is TRUE for all saturated hydrocarbons?
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Correct answer: (D) They show substitution reactions rather than addition reactions.
Each of C, D, E, F, X, Y and Z has an exam on a different day of a week starting from
Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week.
No one has exam before Z. Only three people have exam between Z and F. Only one
person has exam between F and X. Y has exam on Wednesday. D has exam on one of
the days after E but on one of the days before C.
On which day of the week does D have exam?
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Correct answer: (C) Thursday
Six friends, O, P, Q, G, H and I, live on six different floors of the same building. The
lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2 and so
on, till the topmost floor, which is numbered 6.
Only one person lives above Q. P lives on an even-numbered floor but not on floor
number 4. Only two people live between P and H. Only two people live between Q and I.
O lives immediately below Q.
How many people live between G and O?
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Correct answer: (D) Two
Which economic model advocates that developing countries should prioritize import
substitution over free trade to promote economic development?
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Correct answer: (D) Import Substitution Industrialization
9 identical cartons together weigh 72 kg. How many cartons of the same type would be
needed to make up a total 168 kg?
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Correct answer: (D) 21
How much fund is allotted to the Khelo India (national programme for development of
sports) for FY26?
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Correct answer: (B) ₹1,000 crore
Which of the following statements correctly differentiates the power of the Rajya Sabha
from the Lok Sabha?
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Correct answer: (D) Rajya Sabha can authorise Parliament to make laws on State subjects
Social indicators of development improved after economic growth accelerated. Which
of the following indicators saw the most consistent improvement after 1991?
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Correct answer: (A) Maternal Mortality Rate
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